CMS Releases Postpartum Care Toolkit to Help States Address Access, Quality, and Equity of Care in Medicaid and CHIP

The rapid state adoption of extended postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months offers an important opportunity to help ensure new parents and their infants get the health care they need during a critical period of family change following a birth. Last month, CMS released a timely resource for states seeking to help […]

CMS Posts May 2023 Unwinding Data

In this snapshot dated August 2023, CMS reports on certain unwinding metrics based on May 2023 data. Those metrics include: Percent and number monthly change in total Medicaid enrollment; Current month and monthly change in applications processed over 45 days;  Current month and monthly change in average call time; and Current month and monthly change […]

Breaking News: CMS Reveals States Are Incorrectly Processing Ex Parte Renewals; Kids Are Most at Risk

Today, CMS released troubling information. Based on the agency’s monitoring of the unwinding of the COVID-related Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement, CMS found that many states are conducting ex parte renewals incorrectly. As a result, many children and other enrollees are or could soon be losing their Medicaid coverage when the state had information that they […]